The management of certain diseases is a real obstacle course for patients who, in addition to their diseases, must face other difficulties, such as the side effects of treatments, the lack of means or even the unavailability of infrastructures. required.
Melissa, a 10-year-old girl with acute kidney failure, had launched an appeal on social networks to testify about her situation and ask officials for help so that she could go abroad for treatment. . Until then, she was receiving treatment at the Beni Messous hospital in Algiers.
It is to this call that the President of the Republic, Tebboune responded favorably. Indeed, according to a publication shared on the official page of the Algerian red crescent, the head of state ordered this Saturday, January 21, 2023 an “immediate care” of Melissa, so that she can finally ensure the care required.
According to the same source, either the Algerian red crescent, the child will be transferred abroad as soon as possible. She will therefore be able to receive the necessary treatment, appropriate to her current condition.
Melissa: a call for help that resonates with Algerians
As a reminder, the little girl had moved the Algerians, by her condition but above all her objectives. She had initially shared a video in which she asked for facilitation to obtain a visa, abroad in order to be treated, she explained that she finally wanted to be able to live like children of her age, and be educated.
On the television set of a program broadcast by El Hayat TV, she spoke about the difficulties encountered at school due to her fatigue and her physical condition. She explains dialysis (a medical technique, which artificially ensures the functions that the kidneys normally perform) exhausts her. She uses it 3 times a day, a real ordeal.
